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Yesterday, JK Rowling released a statement with regards to the casting of Johnny Depp in the title role of the new film, The Crimes of Grindelwald. *sigh* Yet more publicity for her endless money-making scheme? But wait! What’s this? But…

…this desperate desire to “out” Sugg as a sellout or a bigot betrays a deeper problem in our attitude towards young successful women, particularly those we may not consider “worthy”, because their career isn’t one we can frame in traditional…

Blackburn with Darwen Council is seeking designation as a ‘Breastfeeding Friendly Borough’. It’s executive board last week agreed to take measures to secure official approval for the title. …what, you thought it was all cleaning the streets & keeping the…

Police are hunting a gang of up to a dozen men and women who left a passenger on the London Underground fighting for his life. Police say the victim suffered a fractured skull and swelling on the brain in the…

…they already did: Says who…? Julie Siddiqi is a Muslim community activist with 20 years’ experience. Ah. Right. No agenda here, then. I don’t fully agree with Sarah Champion MP that political correctness gets in the way of dealing with…

Violence erupted on the streets of Leyton, east London, with bottles and rocks launched at officers. CCTV footage from a resident shows the teens forcing their way onto a bus which was trapped on the street. One officer was said…

…well, then it’s just time to give up! Mihal Dobrev, 37, of East Hanningfield Road, Rettendon, was charged with murdering Denis Petkov just before midnight on Saturday, March 11. He had denied the charge at a previous court hearing. However,…

The dog, believed to be a Staffordshire-Cross breed, attacked the 57-year-old man in the garden at an address in Highfields Drive. A neighbour, who police said is a licenced shotgun holder, shot the animal “to stop” the vicious attack at…

Kevin Blake, deputy leader of Basildon Council, said: “Only complete and utter scum would do something like this. “Not only is it an obscene thing to do but it’s putting lives at risk because there is disturbed asbestos among the…

by JuliaM • April 27, 2017 • Comments Off on “Curses! I’d Have Gotten Away With It If Not For…”

“…those meddling commenters below the line!” “It is quite simply a damning indictment of our justice system that a woman recognised by the courts as being ‘fragile and vulnerable’, with no legal representation, can be imprisoned for 26 weeks…

A burglar’s £44,500 mobile phone bill was paid for by police in North Wales after he ran up the charges while on bail. North Wales Police had given the offender a mobile phone – which was thought to be on…

…Cotton is candid about being one of the few women in a male-dominated workforce. “One single thing that would help bring more women into the service? Stop saying ‘fireman’. How many people still use that?” she says. “It would make…

by JuliaM • March 8, 2017 • Comments Off on He says: ‘I was horrified, of course, but it was clearly a ridiculous mistake. I thought it would all quickly be cleared up.’

A jury would later find him not guilty in less than 40 minutes. But by then the damage had been done: the man once labelled ‘one of the outstanding school masters of his generation’ had lost not only his profession…

The court heard how on the day of the killing Lynch, who was 16 at the time, had taken a cab to Forest Gate shortly before 2pm. On arriving in the neighbourhood he reportedly spotted Champion, who was from Romford,…

In recent years, we have seen those who call for trans rights and trans inclusion in society and public services, be they LGBT or feminist groups, become the bête-noire of the right. Whether it’s by tabloids, or backbench MPs, those…

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